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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Brad W. Offer, Burien, WA (US);
Paul Clark Parks, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Alan Eugene Bruce, Kent, WA (US);
Charles B. Spinelli, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Travis S. Reid, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/02 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/0039 (2013.01); G08G 5/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing a landing site for an aircraft is presented. The landing site is selected from a group of landing sites. A description is communicated to a platform about a state of the aircraft along a route of the aircraft over time to the landing site. The aircraft is flown to the landing site using the description of the state of the aircraft along the route of the aircraft over time.